Is getting Blood Spell before Shura a PS5BC thing or something else entirely? because on PC we're not getting it naturally until after beating Lady Chu.

If you have 22000 kudos with a character, you will unlock the characters style and special moves from the beginning

thank you! I honestly thought it was going to take much longer to make it under that 4 hour mark.

For the most part I agree with those categories, the awkward thing I was initially finding with NG+ though is that the more runs through on a file, the more scaled up the enemy health ends up being. I had initially thought of doing mostly NG+ but then was confused how my times were getting slower and slower as I did more runs on the same file. Im sure theres a better way of doing it, but ive just been focusing mainly on Lu NG Casual atm for a marathon showcase.

Thrasher can just be really annoying, sometimes Ive found that going for lows he can just get out of it with his flip kick. I guess if a loop is working for you, keep on going with it.

Oh and nah you dont have to beat Kimberly in order to progress, but it does mean its less packs to fight later down the line... ill do some testing to see whether or not its worth it. Theres some of the fights that youre able to lose and still able to progress that its better to fight them because theyre easily cheesable, like Marisa.

I do have a run submitted, just waiting for the verification

yeah as i mentioned it feels like theres enough changes to warrant a bit of a separation between the older and newer runs on the board.

Also, I will be showing off the run at ASM2023 in July, so im excited about that.

just for clarification regarding the ending point: would it be on the fade to black after restoring oswald or right as the credits start?

i have no objections to what youve put forward

i just tried a run with minimal planning which ended just shy of 4 hours, so i have a lot to learn/figure out but i definitely see myself running this game more.

With the updates to the game, it seems like it may be a good idea to update the board to reflect that?

Theres the two separate stories, and enough changes to warrant a separation between the old and new runs(yes im getting back into running this game).